Charm has its uses. It can get us places that being curt or direct cannot. The new play, Being Mr. Wickham premiered worldwide (via the internet) on April 30th and May 1st […]
Author: Adina Bernstein
The Jane Austen Society Book Review
The Jane Austen Society, by Natalie Jenner is a charming way to spend a few days with several pots of tea and accompanying shortbread biscuits. Though it is historical fiction […]
Dining with Mr. Darcy: A Look at Georgian and Regency Food with Carl Raymond
The New York Metro Region held a virtual Birthday Meeting on Saturday, December 5, 2020, featuring culinary historian Carl Raymond. More than 85 people from the tri-state region, the USA, […]
Winter and Christmas at Castle Howard
Back in December, the Genealogical Society American Ancestors uploaded their monthly lecture. Entitled “Winter and Christmas at Castle Howard,” it was narrated by the castle’s curator, Dr. Christopher Ridgway. The […]
Bridgerton Review
Bridgerton on Netflix takes place during the Jane Austen Regency period but this is far from Jane Austen. Though it deals with the marriage market and the plight of women; […]
Review of Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas
Lucy Worsley is back with another peek into the Tudor World with her Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas. Thank goodness she is back, bringing her Tudor insights, her […]
Sanditon, Bridgerton, and David Copperfield: Modernizing the Representation of Black People in Eighteenth and Nineteenth-Century England
The NY Metro Region was fortunate to have noted Prof. Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina speak at our February 8 meeting, which was attended by over 300 people via Zoom. Her talk […]
Ice Breaker for the September 26 JASNA NY Metro Regional Meeting
Jane Austen wrote some memorable opening lines. We invite you to write an opening line or lines — no more than three, please — for a novel she never wrote. […]
WHO WORE WHAT, WHERE, AND WHEN by Alden O’Brien for the NY Region of the Jane Austen Society 9/26/20
Juvenalia Movie Night
A small group of Juvenilian’s gathered the Monday after the AGM weekend to watch Pride and Prejudice (2005) together online. For some, this was the first time seeing the […]